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Rutger Smith

1981 - Today

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Rutger Smith (born 9 July 1981 in Groningen) is a retired Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw. He is the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rutger Smith has received more than 27,873 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Rutger Smith is the 4,188th most popular athlete (down from 2,955th in 2019), the 1,398th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 1,249th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Dutch Athlete.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rutger Smith ranks 4,188 out of 6,025. Before him are Lyudmila Kolchanova, Yasemin Can, Tessa Sanderson, Sergey Shubenkov, Nia Ali, and Bahri Tanrıkulu. After him are Antonin Guigonnat, Ítalo Ferreira, Nao Kusaka, Yusuf Saad Kamel, Hwang Kyung-seon, and Ryo Kiyuna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Rutger Smith ranks 936. Before him are Koldo Fernández, Martina Strutz, Pedro Benítez, Emmanuel Pappoe, Keyshia Cole, and Brede Hangeland. After him are Emily Hampshire, Diego Colotto, Anderson Santos Silva, Nastassia Novikava, Juan José Haedo, and Ellen Muth.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rutger Smith ranks 1,398 out of 1,646. Before him are Koen Verweij (1990), Diederik Boer (1980), Sebastian Langeveld (1985), Esmée Denters (1988), Anneliese van der Pol (1984), and Sven van Beek (1994). After him are Ricardo van Rhijn (1991), Oliver Heldens (1995), Robin de Kruijf (1991), Dennis van der Geest (1975), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (1991), and Tess Wester (1993).

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Among ATHLETES In Netherlands

Among athletes born in Netherlands, Rutger Smith ranks 59. Before him are Jeroen Dubbeldam (1973), Marit van Eupen (1969), Nicolien Sauerbreij (1979), Luis Vega (null), Kjeld Nuis (1989), and Fatima Moreira de Melo (1978). After him are Elisabeth Willeboordse (1978), Erben Wennemars (1975), Chun Wei Cheung (1972), Wang Chao (null), Ester Workel (1975), and Lieke Klaver (1998).

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